Coin-controlled vending-machine.



S. D. POLSEN & I. ELSON. "-OIN CONTROLLED VENDING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED 14u19. 1911.

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GOIN GONTROLLED VENDING MACHINE.

APPLIGTION FILED MAY 19, 1911.

, Patented 5311.23, 1.912.

7 matic vending machine'l which will be i To all whom 'it may concern:

UNrTnD sra'rns Param* onirica.

.f .SAMUEL D. POLSEN AND IIBVING'ELSN, OF BRIDGEIRT, CONNECTICUT.

G01N-communi) vnNnINs-MACHINE Application filed May 19,

Bei known that we, SAMUEL D.PoLsEN and IRVING ELsoN, citizens vof the United States, and residents of Bridgeport, in the countypofgFairfie'ld and State of Connecti- -cuthave invented certain newand useful -Improvements inA Coin-'Qontrolled Vending- Machines, of which the following is a specifcation. ,4

This invention relates .to coin controlled vending machines and particularly to that class Y'of automatic vending machines in which` coins of predetermined dimensions are inserted .through 'a slot and depositedv in a suitable ejector, and through the inter vention of. which a package'or other article. of merchandise to ybevended is ejected by the operation of the machine. lThe objects ofthe invention'are to pro-` vide a simple and practical form ofau-to-` par- Y ticularly well adapted for attachment to the vbacks ofchairs, such as are used in theaters, picture shows and-the like; to provide an apparatus 'which will'be sure to deliver a package of'merchandise .in 'return for the coin after'the same'has oncebeen inserted;

' and further to-so arrange the parts as to 4 prevent 'the insertion of acoin at Vsuch times as when there are no. chine; to be vended. I v y With Athese .and otherobjects in view the packages in the ma- I.

- invention consists in the construction and4 novel combination and arrangement` of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in Ithe:accompanying drawings, and pointed'` out in jthe claims; hereto appended, it being understood thatvarious changes in 4the form, proportion, 'size and minor details of constructionv within the scope of 'the f claims may be resortedlto without departure p from the spirit or ,sacrificingany of thead- :5o4 with the upper detachable 4iront ,inclosing plate removed, and showing one side of the' vantages of the invention.v

Similarl characters of reference denote like orl corresponding parts throughout the severalfigures of the accompanying drawings forming apart. of this specification and upon which, .g

Figure ,1, shows a front .elevation of our improved coin controlled vending-machine,

machine partly -lled'v with chocolates..." Fig. 2, isa cross sectional plan view vof the samep.- taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1.. Fig-*3, is'a ftr'ansverse groove f 1911. l seriaino. 628,172.

tion line of Fig, 2. Fig. 4C, is a vertical sectionalview through one of the side ortlons .ofthe machine taken on line 4 -4' o F 1g. 1.

the coin till, which also forms the lower front portion of the machine.

As will be noted vthe machine as designed is a double machine made to accommodate two d ierent kinds of commodities as for instance, chocolates and chewing gum. The lcompartments for the packages are separate, but arranged side by side and are so constructed as to discharge the packages through the same side outlet. y "l f Referring in detail tothe characters of reference marked upon the drawings 8 yrepresents the main body of the case of the machine, ltithe detachable front plate which may be removed from time to time lfor the purpose of refilling the machine with packsuchw as itfis designed to vend.

'10 indicates the removable coin till located in the lower portion of thel machine and forming the lowerfront thereof.

l A filling block 11 is secured in the upper rear portion of the machine and 'forms the re'ar wall of the 4compartment and Yagainst which -the packages 'to be. vended, sl-ide This block is preferably formed. separate The two compartments 13 vand 14 for the packages, are located in the upper front portion of the machine and are separated one 'from the otherI by a centraly .wall 15 which projects forward from the Ablock 11 beforel mentioned. The removable front plate 9 is tted -to theslide liti-suitable verand may thusbe drawnupj to openthecasc to renew V`the supply of packages. This plate also serves to hold the 'oin;..till,.ii`1"po's1tion, when'closed, by means/df itslwer reduced y transverse edge" 16? engaging a suitable. 'in the top edgepf the coin till in a wa to'prevent 'its displaceL further cross sectional plan view taken onv 'ment This front plate alsoforms the'front Fig.v 5, is a further central vertical sectionali and sets into the case, 4being provided with suitable lugs 12 -on the rear side' that en.. gage corresponding 4holes in the `back of the'case, to supportl the block in position.

tical grooves of vthe side wallsof the case,

Specification of Letters Patent. Patentd Jan.-A 23, 1912.

line 34-3 of Fig. 1 which below the secand, Fig. 7, shows a' detachedend view o ages of candy, chewing gum, or the like, V

i coin till with vits associate cli() of the pile.

through the front wall of the package compartments, and

wherein the packages 18a-re arranged 1n tiers one above the other, the machine operating each time to remove thelower one These piles of packages are supported upon suitable narrow shelves 19 and 20 'projected inward from the outer side walls of the case and the before menvtioned central wall 15 respectively, in a .way te allow the coin to be moved rearward therebetween with the movement of the package.v A pair of springs 21 are secured to the rear side of the block 11 and are free Vt-o operate in suitable spaces of the rear edge of the second lowest pack? ge in a manner to prevent their displacement while the botf tom package is being moved.

In the lower part of the case is located the parts and mechthe operative double slide button 23 that projects out of the till. The front of this till projects out slightly in -front of the front plate 9 and is provided in its top edge with suitably shaped coin slots 24, through which the coins arepassed to the pockets 25 of the before mentioned double'slide 22. A spring 26 having one end seated in a pocket of the slide and the other end upon a pin 2 secured to a bridge piece 3S, serves tonormally hold the slide in its outer position beneaththe before mentioned slots 24. The push button of this slide is located central of the slide while the ysaid coin pockets 25 are located one ineach end portion. It will thus be vseen that when a coin is placed in anisms including 22 having a push y either of (these pockets its upper edge will project upward suiiiciently to engage the Q spring.

lower package vand shove it rearwar and out from beneath the pile when the push button i'sshoved in against the action of the y,The whole of the slide moves together when the button 1s operated and if twocoins are previously placed therein the two y,ackages 'will be discharged simultaif but one coin be inserted but ones-ide only becomes operative.

'Thepafrticular part 28 of the till in which `the coms are dropped is perhaps best shown in Figs, 6 and 7 and is open on the near kend so that the/money may be readily removed when the till is withdrawn from the case.

The eoinsare dropped into this till through the t"elongated slot 29 formed in the top of the litill, upon which the slide operates, and

" at 'suoliv times as when the slide has been shoved back against the bridge curedr to'tth piece 38 sesides of the case.

rearasgard and l'when freed 'from the package above'falls back -upon ,the inclined top 'por- Vage compartment, a coin slot This movement off'the slide is enough so that its pockets 25 will register with the said slot to' if drop the coin, and

case, a' weight arranged locking ,device 1s arranged in each package compartment as is indicated by 32. This weight is provided with a pair of fins 33 that slide in a pair of 'verticalgrooves 34:. .of the block,

and are provided with a beveled lower edge 35 whichl engages the inclined lower lend 36 of the grooves in block, so that the weight will be shoved forward when it reaches its lower position. This forward movement of the weight causes its forwardly extended lower edge 37 to be projected between the ledge containing the coin slots andthe slide having the coin pockets, which obviously closes the coin passage and prevents the insertion of another coin when the machine is emptied.

Having thus we claim, and desire to secure by vLetters Patent is l. In a c'oin actuated vending machine, the combination ofa case containing a pack movable slide having a c-om pocket to register with the coin slot in the case, a weight arranged upon the package while in the compartment and having a forwardly dis-- posed transverse edge, and means for causing the said weight to move forward and its said transverse edge to be projected between the coin slot'and coin pocket to close the passage from one to the other after the last package has been discharged.

2. In a coin actuated vending machine, the combination of a case containing apackage compartment with longitudinal grooves in its side wall, a coin slot in the case, a movable slide having a coin pocket to register with the coin slot in the case, a vertically slidable weight loosely arranged upon the packages while in the compartment and having fins to slide in the grooves of the side wall and means for causing the said weight to be moved forwardtbetween the` coin slotand the coin pocket after the last package has been discharged..

3. In a coin actuated vending machine,v the combination ofa ycase having a 'packrooves adjacent age compartment with thereto and havin incline lower ends, and a Vcoin slot in te case, a movable shde spaced from the said slot and having coin in the case, a

pockets to register with the coin slot in the Y upony the package and having fins to slide in *he grooves and engage the inclined lower ends of the grooves in a Way to-eause the said weight to move forward between the coin slot and coin pocket after the last package has been discharged in aan-inner to prevent further coins from being inserted.

4.' In a coin actuated vending machine, the combination with a ease-having two package compartments and two coin .slots in' the ease, a movable slide having a central hollow push button and a coin pocket in each endportion to register with the coin slots in the case, a spring within the push button to normally hold the .slide in its for- Ward position, a bridge piece and Vpost to support the spring, Weights movably mounted in the compartments and having a forwardly extended. edge, and xneans'to engage the weight and shove its forward edge ia between the coin4 slots and the coin pockets. after the last package has been discharged.`

Signed at Bridgeport in the county et' Fairfield and State of Connecticutthis 17th day of May, A. D. 1,911.

, v SAMUEL l). POLSEN.

IRVING ELSON. Witnesses C. M. NEWMAN,

{U'r'u M. WOODEN. 

